17 must-read baseball books like Intentional Balk: Baseball's Thin Line Between Innovation and Cheating by Daniel Levitt

Cover of Intentional Balk: Baseball's Thin Line Between Innovation and Cheating by Daniel Levitt

Intentional Balk: Baseball's Thin Line Between Innovation and Cheating

By: Daniel Levitt

4.10

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

From the moment of its inception, the quintessentially American sport of baseball has included chea…

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Cover of Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and "The Worst Baseball Team in History" - The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers by Mike Shropshire

1. Seasons in Hell: With Billy Martin, Whitey Herzog and "The Worst Baseball Team in History" - The 1973-1975 Texas Rangers

By: Mike Shropshire

3.89

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

"Even before the start of spring training, Herzog had said, 'If Rich Billings is the starting catch… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People by Joe Navarro, Marvin Karlins

2. What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People

By: Joe Navarro , Marvin Karlins

3.67

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

He says that's his best offer. Is it? She says she agrees. Does she? The interview went great--or d… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game by Daniel Okrent, Wilfrid Sheed

3. Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game

By: Daniel Okrent , Wilfrid Sheed

3.84

Format: 736 pages, Paperback

You'll never watch baseball the same way again. A timeless baseball classic and a must read for any… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports

4. Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy

By: Jane Leavy

4.00

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

"The incomparable and mysterious Sandy Koufax is revealed.... This is an absorbing book, beautifull… read more

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5. Thunderstruck

By: Erik Larson

3.77

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

The interwoven stories of two men whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal cases o… read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. A Killing on the Hill

By: Robert Dugoni

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The Great Depression. High-level corruption. And a murder that’s about to become Seattle’s hottest … read more

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7. The Chaos Agent (Gray Man #13)

By: Mark Greaney

4.48

Format: 556 pages, Kindle Edition

Artificial intelligence leads to shockingly real danger for the Gray Man in this latest entry in th… read more

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8. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

By: Joe Posnanski

4.56

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess by Evan Drellich

9. Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess

By: Evan Drellich

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The reporter who broke the Houston Astros' cheating scandal reveals how a baseball team could so dr… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O'Brien

10. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

By: Keith O'Brien

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Command and Control (Jack Ryan #23) by Marc Cameron

11. Command and Control (Jack Ryan #23)

By: Marc Cameron

4.46

Format: 462 pages, Kindle Edition

A Russian plot to seize the Panama Canal plunges President Jack Ryan into a desperate fight for his… read more

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12. Countdown to Midnight (Nick Flynn, #2)

By: Dale Brown

4.34

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this sequel to Dale Brown's New York Times bestselling Arctic Storm Rising, former U.S. Air Forc… read more

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13. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America

By: Abraham Riesman

3.75

Format: 464 pages, ebook

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
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14. Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time

By: Ryan McGee

4.36

Format: 257 pages, Hardcover

A gloriously funny, nostalgic memoir of a popular ESPN reporter who, in the summer of 1994, was a f… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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15. The New Ballgame: The Not-So-Hidden Forces Shaping Modern Baseball

By: Russell A. Carleton

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Watching a game of baseball today means witnessing phenomena that would have been novel, if not com… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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16. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

By: Hanif Abdurraqib

4.40

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"

-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Cover of Wide Awake (Devin Gray, #3) by Steven Konkoly

17. Wide Awake (Devin Gray, #3)

By: Steven Konkoly

4.45

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

A conspiracy to incite an American civil war. The desperate chase to stop it is on in a propulsive … read more

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18. The Beautiful Ones

By: Prince

3.78

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

From Prince himself comes the brilliant coming-of-age-and-into-superstardom story of one of the gre… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Still, my soul is cast iron and not to be dented."

-Prince, The Beautiful Ones

"A lot of people have the idea that I'm a wild sexual person...I've lectured quite a few people out there. I'll say, 'Think about what you're saying. How would you react if you were me?' I ask that qu…"

-Prince, The Beautiful Ones

Cover of The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson by Jeff Pearlman

19. The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

By: Jeff Pearlman

4.20

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definiti… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series by Tyler Kepner

20. The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series

By: Tyler Kepner

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches, a highly ent… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Zero Hour (Jack Ryan Jr., #15) by Don Bentley

21. Zero Hour (Jack Ryan Jr., #15)

By: Don Bentley

4.41

Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition

Jack Ryan, Jr. is the one man who can prevent a second Korean War in the latest thrilling entry in … read more

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Cover of The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife by Brad Balukjian

22. The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife

By: Brad Balukjian

4.00

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

Is there life after baseball? Starting from this simple question, The Wax Pack ends up with somethi… read more

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  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original by Howard Bryant

23. Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original

By: Howard Bryant

4.23

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

“Seldom does a sports biography—especially a page-turner—so comprehensively explain the forces that… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
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24. The Fireballer

By: Mark Stevens

4.08

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

A poignant story about hopes, dreams, and how far one man’s talent takes him before he realizes it’… read more

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  • baseball
  • sports
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25. Playing Through the Pain: Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever

By: Dan Good

4.20

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In Playing Through the Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever , jo… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of Intentional Balk: Baseball's Thin Line Between Innovation and Cheating by Daniel Levitt

26. Intentional Balk: Baseball's Thin Line Between Innovation and Cheating

By: Daniel Levitt

4.10

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

From the moment of its inception, the quintessentially American sport of baseball has included chea… read more

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27. A Season in the Sun: The Inside Story of Bruce Arians, Tom Brady, and the Making of a Champion

By: Lars Anderson

4.08

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

An unprecedented inside look at the Tampa Bay Bucs’ Super Bowl-winning season, written with the par… read more

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  • nonfiction
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28. Tinker to Evers to Chance: The Chicago Cubs and the Dawn of Modern America

By: David Rapp

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Their names were chanted, crowed, and cursed. Alone they were a shortstop, a second baseman, and a … read more

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29. Baseball Prospectus 2024

By: Baseball Prospectus

4.50

Format: 600 pages, Paperback

The 2024 edition of The New York Times Bestselling Guide.PLAY BALL! The 29th edition of this indust… read more

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30. Wahoo Sam Crawford: The King of Sluggers

By: Kent Krause

4.50

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

2022 SABR Larry Ritter Award finalist He has more hits than Rogers Hornsby. He drove in more run… read more

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  • sports
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31. Game Changer

By: Bob Whitsitt

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From groundbreaking trades to team-saving negotiations, Bob Whitsitt reveals the behind-the-scenes … read more

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3.67

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